artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
time; season; period; phase; stage
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
one theory; one opinion; another theory
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
unique; peerless; invaluable; priceless
same type; same model; isomorphism; homotypy
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
process; course; mechanism
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
form; shape; figure; morph
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
rather than; more ... than ...
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon